My Cart

loader
Loading...

In Miniature

How Small Things Illuminate The World


  • Canongate (Faber)
  • by Simon Garfield
A delightful, entertaining and illuminating investigation into our peculiar fascination with making things small, and what small things tell us about the world at large. Simon Garfield reveals the secret histories of tiny Eiffel Towers, the truth about the flea circus, a doll's house made for a Queen, eerie tableaux of crime scenes, miniature food, model villages and railways, and more.

ISBN 9781786890795 | E | PB
€14,95
at this moment not in stock
Quantity
More Information
Publisher Canongate (Faber)
ISBN 9781786890795
Author(s) Simon Garfield
Publication date July 2019
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Pages 304
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Publisher ISBN 9781786890771 (Hb)
Description

A delightful, entertaining and illuminating investigation into our peculiar fascination with making things small, and what small things tell us about the world at large. Simon Garfield reveals the secret histories of tiny Eiffel Towers, the truth about the flea circus, a doll's house made for a Queen, eerie tableaux of crime scenes, miniature food, model villages and railways, and more. Bringing together history, psychology, art and obsession, Garfield explores what fuels the strong appeal of miniature objects, and how controlling a tiny scaled-down world can give new perspectives, restore our sense of order in uncertain times, and, in unexpected ways, let us see our world in a whole new light. In Miniature takes a big look at small things and teaches us that there is greatness in the diminutive.

In Miniature

In Miniature

€14.95